7. The Year of Revolutions

1848 was a time of revolutions for political and social change in America. Activists took the stage to talk about freedom of speech, participatory government, and the rights of marginalized groups. People like Elizabeth Cady Stanton took a stand for women’s right to vote and shed a light on women’s suffrage.

The Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls was organized in 1848 by Lucretia Mott, Mary Ann M’Clintock, Martha Coffin Wright, Jane Hunt, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton where they drafted the Declaration of Sentiments and discussed the “social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.” Displayed in the case is an excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments, portraits of the women, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s coral necklace.